{"id":27,"date":"2019-10-16T20:22:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-16T20:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aidoruhands.com\/blog\/2019\/10\/16\/beyooooonds-%e7%9c%bc%e9%8f%a1%e3%81%ae%e7%94%b7%e3%81%ae%e5%ad%90\/"},"modified":"2019-10-16T20:22:00","modified_gmt":"2019-10-16T20:22:00","slug":"beyooooonds-%e7%9c%bc%e9%8f%a1%e3%81%ae%e7%94%b7%e3%81%ae%e5%ad%90","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aidoruhands.com\/blog\/2019\/10\/16\/beyooooonds-%e7%9c%bc%e9%8f%a1%e3%81%ae%e7%94%b7%e3%81%ae%e5%ad%90\/","title":{"rendered":"BEYOOOOONDS &#8211; \u773c\u93e1\u306e\u7537\u306e\u5b50"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"\" data-thumbnail-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/8D_H51VvINs\/0.jpg\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"266\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8D_H51VvINs?feature=player_embedded\" width=\"320\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>BEYOOOOONDS &#8211; \u773c\u93e1\u306e\u7537\u306e\u5b50<\/p>\n<p>Lyrics (\u4f5c\u8a5e): Hoshibe Sho (\u661f\u90e8\u30b7\u30e7\u30a6)<br \/>Compositions (\u4f5c\u66f2): Hoshibe Sho (\u661f\u90e8\u30b7\u30e7\u30a6)<br \/>Arrangements (\u7de8\u66f2): Okubo Kaoru (\u5927\u4e45\u4fdd\u85ab)<\/p>\n<p>I  think this is the first traditional Japanese + idol music song H!P has  dropped in a while. I know for a fact its the last one I have heard  since Doitsukoi by Kobushi Factory (which was another Hoshibe Shou song  (although I did not know that back then). My Japanese culture knowledge  is\u2026 limited and I\u2019m not exactly sure how to place this song. It gives me  major Ondo  vibes, but it may just be mis-placed Meiji period music or something. I  have no idea. I just know the music is familiar and very associated  with traditional Japanese music. The main rhythm in both the percussion  and the melody really gives me Ondo vibes.<\/p>\n<p>Ondou music examples (ondo is a style of folk music\u3001its a kind of minya)<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"\" data-thumbnail-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/aB9z9V2GghQ\/0.jpg\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"266\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aB9z9V2GghQ?feature=player_embedded\" width=\"320\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>This  song is the debut song of the theater focused Beyooooonds, the super  group made from 3 smaller groups. It has a a short drama paired with a  song, its a great concept. The new group Beyooooonds is holding some of  the future utahime\u2019s of H!P. Most notably, imo, Yamazaki Yuhane. If you like vocalists, pay attention to her\u2026<\/p>\n<p>The  lyrics for this song are so great, a cute little number about having a  crush on a guy the protagonist knows nothing about and has not met. A  typical H!P protagonist as she ends up not being with the guy who she  fancies. She wanted to take his glasses off herself and see his naked  face, but another girl does it first. Then when she sees the naked face  (and the supposed girlfriend), she plays it off by saying he looked  better with the glasses on.<\/p>\n<p>The aesthetics of the video are to die for. Its like Showa era Josei or shoujou manga. Straight up Flower Comics!<\/p>\n<p>________________________<\/p>\n<p>Song Structure<\/p>\n<p>76 BPM<br \/>Narration<br \/>Drama<\/p>\n<p>Intro &#8211; 5 bars (\u00bd bpm)<br \/>Intro &#8211; 8 bars<br \/>verse 1a &#8211; 8 bars<br \/>verse 2a &#8211; 8 bars<br \/>chorus 1a- 8 bars<br \/>chorus 1b &#8211; 8 bars<br \/>post chorus 8 bars &#8211;<br \/>pump up &#8211; 8 bars<br \/>rap &#8211; 8 bars<br \/>verse 1b &#8211; 8 bars<br \/>verse 2b &#8211; 8 bars<br \/>chorus 2a &#8211; 8 bars<br \/>chorus 2b &#8211; 8 bars<br \/>silence &#8211; 1 bar<br \/>bridge &#8211; 12 bars (\u00bd bpm)<br \/>chorus 3b &#8211; 8 bars<br \/>re-loop 2 bars<br \/>chorus 4a &#8211; 8 bars<br \/>chorus 4b &#8211; 8 bars<br \/>outro &#8211; 8 bars (starts with the carry over Jyan from the chorus)<\/p>\n<p>Bridge notes<br \/>line 1 &#8211; bass A B E D G<br \/>Line 2 &#8211; bass A C E A, B Eb, E B E, Eb D, A G B<br \/>Line 3 &#8211; bass C, B Eb, E Eb D, G,<br \/>Line 4 &#8211; bass A B C B C, A B C A B D E<\/p>\n<p>_____<\/p>\n<p>Composition<\/p>\n<p>The  melody is in a minor pentanoic scale of E. It consists of the notes (E G  A B D E). I\u2019m sure there is a Japanese name for this scale, because  I\u2019ve heard it so often, but I don\u2019t know it atm\u2026<\/p>\n<p>So this song is  amazing, the genius of Hoshibe Shou! Anyways, so the song goes through  about 4 or 5 aesthetic changes. From Japanese folk music to idol pop and  even R&amp;B! OMG\u2026 So the song, composition-wise, is mostly just a  simple bass line and a wonderfully rhythmic melody. It has the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BNVDcV7ldM8\">matsuri beat<\/a>\u201d  in the rhythm of the melody. That matsuri beat is so infectious. Its on  the same level as some African beats. But its fantastic for sure. The  bridge is the most spectacular composition feat, he starts with the  pentatonic scale we have been in the whole song and he slips into  western music scale and then back to the pentatonic all in the bridge.<\/p>\n<p>I  think this song is a testament to the power of the basics. There is  nothing that Shou does composition-wise that is super fancy (besides the  bridge). Although I will admit that the song structure is quite complex  with a variety of \u201csections\u201d just thrown in because it suited Shou\u2019s  fancy. Playing the song is easy. However, Shou\u2019s genius is shown by how  he is arranging these simple parts in a way that is breath-taking. The  bass and the melody are very simple. The bass line can be learned in  seconds. But its the lyrics and the rhythm that give this song its life.<\/p>\n<p>_______<\/p>\n<p>Arrangement<\/p>\n<p>This  song had a nice variety of instrumentation because of the genre hopping  it did. We start off with the synth shinobue, taiko, hy\u014dshigi, and  sanmisen. Then moves to a digitally produced sound. That keeps the  bassline and the melody to create a journey that is fantastic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BEYOOOOONDS &#8211; \u773c\u93e1\u306e\u7537\u306e\u5b50 Lyrics (\u4f5c\u8a5e): Hoshibe Sho (\u661f\u90e8\u30b7\u30e7\u30a6)Compositions (\u4f5c\u66f2): Hoshibe Sho (\u661f\u90e8\u30b7\u30e7\u30a6)Arrangements (\u7de8\u66f2): Okubo Kaoru (\u5927\u4e45\u4fdd\u85ab) I think this is the first traditional Japanese + idol music song H!P has dropped in a while. I know for a fact its the last one I have heard since Doitsukoi by Kobushi Factory (which was another Hoshibe&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,3,18,4,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-beyooooonds","category-helloproject","category-hoshibe-sho","category-idol","category-j-pop"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aidoruhands.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aidoruhands.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aidoruhands.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aidoruhands.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aidoruhands.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/aidoruhands.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aidoruhands.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aidoruhands.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aidoruhands.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}